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Those of you who work - what is your job?

illustrated.lady

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I suppose I'm looking for some inspiration.

In what is a familiar story for many, I am completely burnt out from my work, struggling to cope in an office environment and really just feeling at a loss of what to do. 

A bit of background on me for anyone interested - I'm fairly intelligent and well educated (BSc Psychology and Criminology, MA Sociology - graduated 2018) but I have never been able to transfer this over to the workplace, I have ended up off sick with stress/anxiety/overwhelm in every job I've had and the longest I have lasted in any job is my current three years.

My jobs have included - 

Food service

Retail

Care (elderly, dementia, mental health)

Call Centre

Medical reception/admin/secretarial (current job)

I have worked all hours from 12 hour days, 12 hour mights, 9-5, full time, part time, zero hour contract. I always end up burnt out. 

Ultimately, I have to work and ideally full time. Office work is a struggle because there's people there, constantly with their smells and their noises and their conversation. 

As much as I loved elderly care, I think my sense of justice made it too difficult to overlook the poor management that understaff care homes in order to make as much money as possible. 

I just don't know what to do, I don't need to find a dream job, I just need something I can do and go home and not feel like all my energy has been drained. 

Any ideas, comments, suggestions, all are appreciated.

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  • Hi  

    2 months since your post and the comments keep coming.

    I notice you haven't replied yourself yet :-)

    So having answered a couple of months ago myself I figured I would answer again - might highlight if I've changed and after that last line I admit to hoping to draw you into the discussion too.  I hope that is alright and you are alright with this too.

    You said "I'm fairly intelligent and well educated" and " I have ended up off sick with stress/anxiety/overwhelm in every job I've had".

    Well truth is me too, and I reckon a lot of other people reading this also.

    A little earlier today I responded to another post within which the topic of masking came up.

    This has helped me to come up with another answer to your post and maybe this shows personal growth or increased delusion on my part.  Hehe, time will tell :-)

    "Personally I think the trickiest thing, but also the most useful thing, out of all the stuff to "unmask" is the "cognitive masking".

    Removing this mask from oneself perhaps reveals the person one genuinely is.  From which there is an opportunity to "start again" with an enormous amount of otherwise repressed or suppressed energy that can be employed to participate in and enjoy a happy and more satisfying life."

    I'd take a punt that your academic skills that you currently appear to be hiding the light of under the metaphorical bushel might make you extraordinarily well placed to tackle the job of doing that.

    Doing this I reckon you would have a much greater chance of having any job you liked.

    Best Wishes :-)

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  • Hi  

    2 months since your post and the comments keep coming.

    I notice you haven't replied yourself yet :-)

    So having answered a couple of months ago myself I figured I would answer again - might highlight if I've changed and after that last line I admit to hoping to draw you into the discussion too.  I hope that is alright and you are alright with this too.

    You said "I'm fairly intelligent and well educated" and " I have ended up off sick with stress/anxiety/overwhelm in every job I've had".

    Well truth is me too, and I reckon a lot of other people reading this also.

    A little earlier today I responded to another post within which the topic of masking came up.

    This has helped me to come up with another answer to your post and maybe this shows personal growth or increased delusion on my part.  Hehe, time will tell :-)

    "Personally I think the trickiest thing, but also the most useful thing, out of all the stuff to "unmask" is the "cognitive masking".

    Removing this mask from oneself perhaps reveals the person one genuinely is.  From which there is an opportunity to "start again" with an enormous amount of otherwise repressed or suppressed energy that can be employed to participate in and enjoy a happy and more satisfying life."

    I'd take a punt that your academic skills that you currently appear to be hiding the light of under the metaphorical bushel might make you extraordinarily well placed to tackle the job of doing that.

    Doing this I reckon you would have a much greater chance of having any job you liked.

    Best Wishes :-)

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